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The Kop side took the lead on 20 minutes when Mane volleyed home from a Roberto Firminho cross for his fourth goal of the season. The highlight of the move, however, was Coutinho’s brilliant dummy that freed Emre Can in the build-up.

And the Brazilian playmaker produced another moment of magic to double his side’s lead with 10 minutes of the first half remaining.

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The Kop were in good voice even before kick off – they gave a huge cheer after learning of Burnley’s last-gasp winner against Everton.

Baggies fans shouted: “Wot, no Saido?’ after it was confirmed overweight striker Berahino was not even on the West Brom bench.

Liverpool placed a bright yellow sign on the pitch during the warm-up, warning “Beware Flying Footballs”. Probably inspired by their awful shooting in the 0-0 draw with Manchester United.

Liverpool co-owner John W Henry was in the stand for this game – he chose the right one rather than flying in for the United snore draw.

A more familiar face was that of Michael Owen, who was on pitchside duty for BT Sport – 14 years to the day after he scored a hat-trick in a 3-1 Champions League win over Spartak Moscow. Remember when Liverpool were in Europe?

Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson said: "We were disappointed conceding from a set piece as we had worked on that.

“We had handled it well until the goal. From that point on, they lumped the ball forward to put pressure on us, we coped with it well to see the game out.

"First half we were very good with the ball, it got a bit nervy after their goal.

“We need to build on that and stop the goal from the set piece. It is too early for that talk (about the title race) we have to concentrate on each game, it is a bonus teams around us dropped points but the main aim for us is to get three points."

West Brom defender Gareth McAuley said: "We expected a difficult game, that is what we got.

"We gave them the two goals, they were preventable and we are disappointed with that. They are a quality team but we should have been better today.

"We wanted to frustrate for a long as we could and come out and have a go, but it was too late in the game."